J. Robert Wood Announced as 2016 Recipient of Allan Waters Broadcast Lifetime Achievement Award
Canadian Music Week is pleased to announce J. Robert Wood as the 2016 inductee to the Canadian Broadcast Industry Hall of Fame. An innovator...
The Story Of The Animals’ House of the Rising Sun
Like many classic folk ballads, the authorship of "The House of the Rising Sun" is uncertain. Musicologists say that it is based on the...
Millennials will pay for entertainment, but not news
The findings come from the Media Insight Project, a joint initiative of the American Press Institute and the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Research...
The Music Industry’s Most-Loved Albums Of All Time, Part 52
This is part 52 of an ongoing series where the kind folk of the music business reveal their favourite album of all time.
Ask people...
Rush Releases Tom Sawyer Megamix Video To Celebrate 35 Years Of Moving Pictures
This month marks the 35th anniversary of Rush's landmark album 'Moving Pictures,' and to celebrate the band unveiled a live "megamix" of "Tom Sawyer"
https://youtu.be/0qGwuY0NJQ0
Rock Candy Introduces DC Heroines And Villains
Funko’s newest line was launched at New York Toy Fair with DC heroines and villains features 5-inch vinyl figures!
Demi Lovato’s Christina Aguilera Impression Is Absolutely Dead-On
Jimmy Fallon challenges Demi Lovato to a game of random musical impressions, such as Fetty Wap singing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star," and absolutely nails...
Infographic: The Essential Guide To Social Media Trends
Through social media, music and fans continue to rely on each other like the industry have never seen before. This infographic from Fanbridge shows...
A Dive Into Jazz Slang (You Dig?), Man?
"Shedding." "Chops." "Rataricious." Sometimes it seems like jazz cats have their own language. Of course, many times those words also end up in other...
110th Birthday Video Of Flossie Dickey Will Teach You About Life
“I don’t fight it. I live it.” Fox 28’s Good Day Spokane dropped by to celebrate the 110th birthday of Mrs. Flossie Dickey, a...
How Music Elevates The Lord Of The Rings
A cool conceptual video breaking down the influential Howard Shore’s The Fellowship theme from the first The Lord of the Rings movie, showing how...
The Story Of The Russian Vinyl Black Market In The 1940s
In the late ’40s, the USSR’s citizens were forbidden from listening to foreign-made music. This gave birth to a black market of “bones records”...
Molly Ringwald: ‘These Films No Longer Belong to Me’
For movie fans who came of age in the 1980s, Molly Ringwald is the definitive "it" girl. As the creative inspiration for director John...
Seymour Stein on CBGBs and New York Punk
The scene many will associate with Sire is CBGBs and New York punk. How did you get there first?
Seymour Stein: Richard and I were...
Think you’re a big loser? Sub Pop wants to send you to college
Sub Pop, the label that fomented the grunge revolution and launched Nirvan aupon the world, is also a caring, sharing company, dedicated to ensuring...
